What is Birth Tissue?
Birth Tissue includes the placenta and amniotic fluid and is rich with nutrients. Typically disregarded after childbirth, the same tissue that helped nourish your body during pregnancy can be used for transplantation, research, and education.
HOW IS DONATED BIRTH TISSUE USED?
The placenta contains a multitude of cells and tissues that trigger the body’s natural healing processes, alleviating pain, inflammation, and the formation of scar tissue. Donated birth tissue can be processed and used to stimulate healing in a variety of reconstructive procedures, including the healing of chronic wounds and burns, spinal procedures, and corneal eye repair. Beyond these uses, birth tissue supports the development of new treatments for such diseases as cancer through scientific research.
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“This is a great opportunity for our organization to partner with a great hospital to promote the altruistic benefits of a birth tissue donation program at RMC Health System.” said David Hill, telaGen CEO.
“We are so excited to partner with telaGen for the placental donation program! I think that it is an amazing gift that our moms can contribute something that can make such a big difference in someone else’s life” states Jeanine Dutton, RN, Director of Women & Children Services at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center.
An active member of the RMC Foundation Board, Debbi Clonts highly recommends the donation program based on her own positive experience. She had a corrective vision surgery last October 2023, and a placenta tissue was used to speed up her healing process. She states that the treatment “worked beautifully and (treatments) began within a week. Today I have 20/15 vision!”
“I’m proud to have the hospital start a new relationship with telaGen to advance medicine and healing in our community. With this partnership we will be able to use resources from within our community to help others in need in the very same community” said Ricky Patel, DO. OB/GYN, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center.
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